Turn Sonoff Basic to garage door opener with eWeLink

In this video I explain how to turn a Sonoff Basic into a garage door opener and use it in eWelink. No custom firmware, but some hardware modification to the Sonoff Basic is required.

Do you want to turn your Sonoff Basic onto a garage door opener? Use eWeLink to accomplish just that! Just enter the eWeLink code found on the back of your Sonoff Basic, and you'll be ready to go!

With eWeLink, you can control your Sonoff Basic from anywhere in the world. You can even open your garage door from your phone! This is a great way to have more convenience and control in your life, and it's easy to do with eWeLink!

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[richardmusicland]

This video is very good for smart device DIYers. Very brilliant idea. The drawback is you are not able to tell the status of the garage door. Not able to check the status of door is just half of the whole purpose of having smart garage door. There are some very similar devices cost less than $50 that came with similar setup plus a door sensor that can provide the status of the door. Spending couple hours cutting and soldering, installation might be a good weekend project. If time is essential and status is important for you, you might just buy directly. I am not trying to deter the experiement of this amazing product. In stead, I am trying to help you decide before trying. You are trying to install a device that give you function to open or close only. If you want to try or already installed this design, You can buy separate wifi window sensor to amend the missing function. The cost is less than $30. Thank Mr. Varga for this excellent idea, work and video. BARVO !!

[TheFlolo]

After I saw your video I purchased the sonoff basic and customized it according to your explanations and it works perfect with my chamberlain ml 4000. Thank you!

[SaukTrail]

I have all 4 of my shop doors equipped with these modified Sonoffs. Thanks. They work perfectly. My son sent me an $80 opener that looked suspiciously like a Sonoff Basic in a black case. I thanked him and sent it back to him (with his approval) with one of the modified Sonoffs for his garage door. He was amazed! I have Sonoff Basics and 4 channel pros all over my shops to control everything including my two 220V upright compressors. I use Google Minis and can control everything with my voice.

[CarlPaulsen]

Excellent, just modified mine and now have Google opening and closing my garage door! I also put a CCTV camera in there, great for accepting parcels when we're out! Thanks so much...

[Lemon_]

Great video ! Rather than wiring up to garage motor, I've wired this up to my remote control. Soldered the L and N onto the garage remote board and it works great ! I tried without cutting to test and it blew up one of my remotes. Lucky i had a few remote fobs. Thank u again!

[matt.ny]

I was expecting something complicated and it was really simple.. nice job!

[rudiexx]

I wish I did watch your video before I fried my PCB in my garage door. I planned to put an external relay (and forgot-hence made a mistake!) but this is better! Very informative. And now excuse me but I have to order a new pcb from TorTechnik kft. Koszi Csongor, ez nagyon jo otlet!

[rudinielsen]

Great video, very easy to follow. Clear, concise without assuming too much prior knowledge from your audience.

[dleland]

Great video! I made your modifications to a unit, buried it in a Mr. Coffee pot. With the inching mode I can either use my phone or my Google Assistant. Beats walking on a cold floor in the winter barefoot to turn the coffee on! =:-) There's really no limit to what you can do with little boxes...

[cidadaoPPT]

Have the exact same door opener :) would love to see a picture of how it is connected to the sonoff

[sebasn]

Great video, if i connect my SONOFF output with a relay and then connect the relay's contact to my motor, Do I need to do the modification?

[rodolfoahsantos]

Thanks for this ideia! I had a sonoff switch on the shelf and now it's working perfectly on my garage!

[thecasualfly]

I didn't see a part about the main switch into house .. does that still function

[dmfieldbds]

Just what I was looking for. I couldn't work out how to do it myself. Thank you for posting

[VegasGuy]

Great video! It was very helpful to see how easy it is to update the firmware with the eWeLink app. I had two old Sonoff Basic switches that I was no longer using due to the super invasive permissions the eWeLink app requires. Rather than installing the app on my new phone, I got around this by installing eWeLink on an old phone I no longer use. I installed the app and updated the firmware and settings. I turned the phone off and put it back in the drawer. Now I control the Sonoffs with Alexa and the Alexa mobile app. It works great! Thank for a great idea!

Rather than cutting the traces and solder, I decided to leave the Sonoff as it is and add a simple 110v relay ($1.55 US, free S&H).

[mamsongmai]

Many thanks for sharing.
Is there anyway can you know the garage door open/closed while you away from home?

[deanrhodenizer]

Greetings from Canada and Thank you, Useful video. As of this writing 2020 Feb 20 you have 199, 716 views and have somehow managed to get 140 people to say they dislike the video. There were no complaints among the comments that I could see. I realize the percentage (0.070 %) means that the dislikes are immaterial, but I am quite perplexed by what objection anyone could have.

[davidtait]

Being a total NOOB here, is there a diagram showing as to what wires go into the "input" side and what goes to the "output" side? On my gate motor I have a spare trigger, but for the garage door, I am not sure. thanks

[RanjitAdhikari]

Hello,
I do each step exact but at last out put continuity is not working can you help me?

[tomgle]

Good video. Newer garage door openers use Security + 2.0 which means a simple switch contact will not activate the door. You can get around this by buying a Security + 2.0 smart button on eBay and then hack into the button contacts to hook up to the Sonoff. The Security + 2.0 Smart buttons communicate serially over a 2 wire interface to the door opener.